Jan

A little comment reform

In an effort to control the vitriol in the comments section, we’re adding another mechanism to keep an eye on anonymous commenters. From now on, if a comment was posted from a campus computer, you’ll see the icon. We’re hoping this will help cut down on abuse without unnecessarily impinging anyone’s privacy.

Naturally, we’re still looking for feedback on the comment system, in the threads or by emailing [email protected] — and as always, you can find our full comment policy here.

you zvs. i was going to make a long and vitriolic post about how you are taking the christ out of columbia, and then you go to tell me that the crown is not capped with spades but instead with three crosses (in reference to the two thieves who were crucified along with the Lord on golgatha.)

Love you, Bwog, really I do, but I don't understand what this is supposed to do. There are some Columbia students who live-off campus, who visit their parents on the weekend, who went home for vacation and drag their heels coming back for the start of classes (like me), who are abroad for the semester, or who travel to some of the coffeeshops near campus that have free WiFi. And don't forget the tons of alums, both recent and less so. If anyone in one of these categories makes an unpopular but well-reasoned post about the controversial topic du jour (such as whatever the spring version of the hunger strike will be), it will be dismissed as not coming from a true Columbian. And don't forget there are still a few computers around that can be accessed without needing a CU ID (Lewisohn, Mudd, Schermerhorn), so any old bozo off the street can post here and get the little crown logo whether they're a CU affiliate or not.Do you really think the most vitriolic comments are coming from non-affiliates? I don't need a little crown icon to tell me that the douchiest comments come from my fellow students.

Cool and all, but doesn't this conflict with the Columbia administrative policy for using the crown? Bored at Butler ran into this problem and was forced to remove it. Unless Bwog is an official campus publication, I don't see how it can use the crown.